Hygrodiplosis vaccinii (Kieffer, 1897)
on Vaccinium
Vaccinium myrtillus, galls (from Houard, 1909a)
gall
The leaf margin is thickened, cartilaginous, coloured yellow or reddish, and rolled downwards. The larva is yellow or reddish. Univoltine, hibernation in the ground.
host plants
Ericaceae, narrowly (?) monophagous
Vaccinium uliginosum.
Skuhravá & Skuhravý additionally mention V. myrtillus and vitis-idaea; on these plants then there is no way to separate the galls from those of Dasineura myrtilli; but see below.
larva
spatula with papillae (from Möhn, 1955a)
synonyms
Clinodiplosis, Perrisia, vaccinii.
inquilines
Redfern & Shirley among others suggest the possibility that Dasineura myrtylli is a, possibly facultative, inquiline of vaccinii.
references
Barnes (1948b), Béguinot (2002h, 2012a), Buhr (1965a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Docters van Leeuwen (1936a), Gagné (2010a), Hellrigl (2006a), Houard (1909a), Kieffer (1911a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1997a, 2003a, 2005b,c, 2006a, 2010a,b, 2012a, 2021a: 294), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dončev & Dimitrova (1991a, 1992a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Hellrigl (2001a, 2002a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Neacsu (1972a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Skrzypczyńska & Szadziewski (2008a).